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... who were here for a wedding with their son and friend. I was going to hang out with them for the night but when I did go back to my room there was a little post-it on the door asking me to see the front desk, who advised my ghost tour for tomorrow night had been cancelled but I could go on tonights tour. That left me with about an hour to get into the French Quarter and find the meeting point and I didnt think public transport would get me there in time so I tried to call a ...
Da bulls!
We walked right out of our hotel this morning and into an insanity that is nearly indescribable. The running of the bulls in New Orleans. Of course, the bulls were young ladies on rollerblades, dressed in bull outfits, beating runners with nerf bats. Someone told us around 5000 people participate in this madness! Our walk to the convention center was along the race path, so we were late. I felt sorry for the presenters that had to follow the ...
Update to May 20 entry
So we went back out for a few drinks, people watching and some great live music after dinner of oysters and what not... As is usually the case for most people after several drinks, eventually you must use the restroom....so I stumble in and the bathroom door and stall door decided to fight over my wedding ring, the doors tied but ring and finger lost the battle! Luckily, in my altered state I had the thought to get the ring off of my finger immediately before the swelling set in ...
Kid in a candy store
... the French markets we found all our touristy things. The highlight of the shopping experience was in one dress shop they served cocktails for free while holly browsed the store. I thought it was a good ploy to get you to buy something until they gave AH and I one each and then a refill later on!!
Preservation Hall was our next stop; it is considered the crème of the crop of trad jazz and only the best play at the venue. There is always ...
New Orleans & Hurricane Cocktails!
... food quite stodgy with lots of carbohydrates. Lots of mashed potato, corn bread and bread pudding for dessert. We tried the Gumbo but we both weren’t that keen on it.
James and I had an early night because he was feeling sick with his cough. Everyone else went out and I hear they went really crazy. A lot of them slept in the next day and missed seeing the French Quarter area. James and I got up early and took a taxi into the market and shared a ...
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